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State Capacity Index, 1976

1976, as Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School)’s 2020 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

State Capacity Index, 1976 covers 134 countries on 2 measures. Denmark is highest, at 2.3880; Uganda is lowest, at -1.3290. The middle country reads -0.1080. Against 1975, 133 values changed (87 up, 46 down), 1 country joined.

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State Capacity Index · Data for 1976

HighestDenmark

2.3880

LowestUganda

-1.3290

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of State Capacity Index, 1976, as published. Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School) ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 134 countries · select a heading to sort

State Capacity Index, 1976: every country, as published by Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School).
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.38800.373732
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.24400.371927
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.18900.371003
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.08100.404313
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.01900.367272
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.94200.376609
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.86000.372296
8CanadaCANNorthern America1.82300.399514
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.79800.376133
10JapanJPNEastern Asia1.75800.402816
11FranceFRAWestern Europe1.58600.372713
12IsraelISRWestern Asia1.57100.382247
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.56000.370320
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.49600.374266
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.48600.375656
16United StatesUSANorthern America1.43100.400444
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.36400.373297
18South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.30300.363660
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.14600.388938
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.07100.371394
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.04900.362919
22TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.00800.423745
23KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.99740.451507
24Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean0.91460.391131
25TürkiyeTURWestern Asia0.91260.359580

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Denmark2.3880
  2. 2Sweden2.2440
  3. 3Finland2.1890
  4. 4Norway2.0810
  5. 5Australia2.0190

Lowest

  1. 134Uganda-1.3290
  2. 133Cambodia-1.2790
  3. 132Angola-1.2520
  4. 131Lesotho-1.2370
  5. 130Chad-1.2320

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.1080. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Standard deviation of the estimate

    HighestBhutan0.497870

    LowestTunisia0.355983

    Middle country: 0.390421

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 133values changed, of 133 in both
  • 87 · 46rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Vietnam

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2020 release

    Every year in this series comes from Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School)’s 2020 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1976.

  • The position is ours

    Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School) publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 134 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full
  • .csv

    For a spreadsheet or code

    134 rows · 5.5 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel

    Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.

    Download state-capacity-1976-nations-inquiry.csv
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    The publisher’s original

    Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School)’s own file, on its own site.

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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC0 1.0. No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

Jonathan K. Hanson (University of Michigan) and Rachel Sigman (Naval Postgraduate School) (1976). State Capacity Index, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-capacity/1976

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07Questions

State Capacity Index, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest state capacity in State Capacity Index, 1976?

Denmark, at 2.3880, of the 134 countries in the file.

What year does State Capacity Index, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does State Capacity Index, 1976 cover?

134.

Where can I download State Capacity Index, 1976?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is State Capacity Index, 1976 the newest?

No. The newest held here is State Capacity Index, 2015.

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